Chronology · c. 1450

The origins of the Sultanate

Buansa and the early Sultanate
Buansa and the early Sultanate

Sulu’s royal genealogies trace the dynasty to Abu Bakr and his marriage to Paramisuli, daughter of Raja Baginda. The Sultanate brought dynastic succession, Islamic law and the allegiance of local chiefs into a lasting political order centred at Sulu.

Sources & further reading

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The History of Sulu (1908)

Bureau of Printing, Manila · Project Gutenberg

Najeeb M. Saleeby, The History of Sulu (Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1908), royal genealogies and pp. 161–164, 225–226. Project Gutenberg, ebook 41771.